131whp in a Mercury Topaz!?!?

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Viperoni

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Dyno Graph (55kb)

Mods:

Airbox bottom cutout
Airbox lid smoothed
Stock paper air filter
2.3L MAF (much bigger than the stock 3.0L MAF)
3inch mandrel tube joining MAF to TB
2.5" catback exhaust with garbage thrush super turbo muffler (reduces from 2.5" to 2" or 2.25" internally)
Mobil 1 syn 10w-30, if you can call oil a mod ;)

Those mods cost me ~$100usd.

For reference, a stock 3.0L V6 5speed Topaz dyno's ~110whp between 4700-5200rpm...
By 5500rpm, I'm pushing about 25hp more than a stockers 100hp.


 
AgaBoogaBoo

AgaBoogaBoo

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do you have a dyno before mods?

maybe it was higher before mods even at dyno, remember each dyno has settings that could be different and show more or less of what it should be
 
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AgaBoogaBoo

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Originally posted by: Colt45
Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Originally posted by: Colt45
It's still a topaz ;)
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but it's one he enjoys and seem to like even though it isn't a true sports car
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I know. thats cool. I'm just bugging him.,
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:D :p

actually, reason I posted that even though I saw your ;) is because many people like to bash against people modifying the cars they love, why give up a car you love?

not meant towards you at all
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: AgaBooga
do you have a dyno before mods?

maybe it was higher before mods even at dyno, remember each dyno has settings that could be different and show more or less of what it should be
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I never dyno'd it before the mods, but I have a dyno of a completely stock one that pushed those figures I'm quoting. The power curves are even until 3krpm, at high point mine starts going up.

My best kill was taking a ~95 Z24 with his girlfriend in the car :D

I so can't wait to take a Civic Si of any sort :)
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Nice

Now kick some Civic @ss ! :D
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:D

You should seen the looks I was getting when I borrowed my friends 2x Kicker 10L5's and gave 'em 500watts RMS.... people couldn't believe the car it was coming from :)
 
geno

geno

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Viperoni
Originally posted by: geno
Doesn't beat this Topaz
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No it doesn't.... but IIRC he has $10g's CAD in his car.... I have 1/5th of that.
With spray, slicks and his new axle's, he should be in the low 13's :Q
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With an STi you could be in the low 13's.
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What does that have to do with anything he/I said? :confused:

Oh yeah? Well with a Dodge Viper you could be in the 12.0's!!!
 
Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: Viperoni
Originally posted by: geno
Doesn't beat this Topaz
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No it doesn't.... but IIRC he has $10g's CAD in his car.... I have 1/5th of that.
With spray, slicks and his new axle's, he should be in the low 13's :Q
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If I put $10,000 in my Mopar and it didn't do at least 10's in the quarter, I'd be complaining like hell.


 
geno

geno

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Viperoni
Originally posted by: geno
Doesn't beat this Topaz
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No it doesn't.... but IIRC he has $10g's CAD in his car.... I have 1/5th of that.
With spray, slicks and his new axle's, he should be in the low 13's :Q
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If I put $10,000 in my Mopar and it didn't do at least 10's in the quarter, I'd be complaining like hell.
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First off, I'm not 100% sure where the figure of 10K canadian came in (what's that, 7 grand US?), but he fabbed a lot of the stuff himself. He paid $600 (500 plus a $100 fix), so I don't know how the rest of the install cost him $9400 CAD more :confused: but then again I don't know much about the project
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Supercharged
it's a 3.0L V6 at 131??? bahahahahaha. My 4cyl 1.8 pwns j00!
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Even with the supercharger... are you pushing 60hp @ 2400rpm?

Jules, obviously a person who builds a Topaz with a SHO motor doesn't want a cookie cutter car.

Thanks Vic, I love the low end grunt of the car, it's what makes the car worthwhile :)

And as for $10g, I recall reading that somewhere, but it may have been the cost for a SHOP to have done that, I don't think that's what it actually cost him to toss the SHO in there. Lemme go search it.

 
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CraigRT

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my car lays down about 130whp stock, its a 16V 2.0L SOHC

it probably puts down around 140whp I would guess right now.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: sniperruff
man just get a ford focus
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Because spending 10 times as much for a car that's only a little less slower is a great idea.
1/4 in 15.8s for a Focus SVT compared to my car which does it in ~16.1 *Car & Driver road test... that was back in 92 with poor tires and 20hp less than I'm pushing.

Heck, even the ubar dorifto machine, the 240sx, does the 1/4 in roughly the same time.
I wanted to buy one but they're $$$ and insurance is killer.

Simply, this was the fastest car I could get for the money (less than $2g's CAD)
 
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